http://byregina.com/

Blog post styles come in a variety of flavors. Its up to us as bloggers to select a style that works for each post we write.

The blog By Regina has an informative post on 51 types of blog posts. Today, read through the list, select one type of post you have not yet used on your blog, and give it a try.

Your post must be at least 80 words in length, include an image labeled for reuse in Creative Commons and attribution for the image.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_International_Space_Station_spacewalks

 

www.flickr.com/photos/purpleslog/3118034987

www.flickr.com/photos/36266724@N06/3349194563

 

www.flickr.com/photos/davidstanleytravel/15964321830

Mia Mania is an example of a great blog. http://bloggingwithmia04.edublogs.org/

• Visually, this blog highlights colors I love, purple with soft blue.
• The posts are conversational and friendly. Reading them feels comfortable and inviting.
• Interesting widgets include the human calendar and flags showing the country of each visitor to the blog. The human calendar is particularly appealing and I may add it to my blog.

Each week you will create a post with a topic of your choosing. This can be a different topic each week or an ongoing theme on your blog. This is your chance to make this blog your very own and attract readers with similar interests. Show the world the very best YOU!

Guidelines:

• Fiction or non-fiction
• 125 word minimum
• Add “WP1” or “Weekly Post 1” in the title.
• Use complete sentences and academic language.

 

An “About Me” post is essential to every blog. Write a post containing at least 125 words with the information listed below. Be as specific as needed so readers feel like they know you while being as vague as needed so the readers won’t show up at your doorstep.

• First name
• Generally where you live (California, Bay Area, small town in Northern California, etc)
• School information: middle school your classes, sports, clubs, activities
• Hobbies outside of school. (Best told in stories. Getting your first soccer ball at age 3 is very different than starting soccer last year.)
• Personality (Include this in its own paragraph or weave it into your writing in general)

Room 27 at Karori Normal School has a blog titled Millions of Thumbprints. The posts on their class blog show that this is a place full of activity, questions, and they enjoy humor in their education.

• The teachers chat on Twitter. Based on one of those chats, they came up with an online event called #KIDspeaknz
• The class has quite a sense of humor as evidenced by the Celebration of Learning movie.
• Widgets on the sidebar link to extended interests of the class including their YouTube channel, a bookshelf of recommended books, and a date widget that uses clever pictures.
• A post on their book club shows how students learn about what makes a good tweet and put that information to use in composing their own tweets. This is the exact piece of information I happened to be looking for myself this week!
• Their school learns about and integrates the Maori language into their studies and activities.

1. Vernal Falls
2. Discovery Bay Marina to the bridge 
3. Round Valley
4. Golden Gate Bridge
5. Point Bonita Lighthouse

Today we’ll each take time to review, or audit, our own blog and also the Student Blogging Challenge.

1. Use this survey to carefully review your own blog.
2. At the Student Blogging Challenge site, complete the survey about your views of the challenges. Keep this tab open until I see it and give you credit for the work.